A samovar, a tall metal container that heats water to make tea, is well-known in Russia but often is confusing to browsing customers at an antique show. The anatomy of the samovar, first made in ...
For as long as I can remember, the golden samovar — a Russian teapot of sorts — has rested somewhere high in our home. In our first house, it sat imposingly on a shelf above the staircase. In our ...